Shaaban 1447.
№2. (2026-02-01)

How to cope with burnout?

How to cope with burnout?

Six habits that destroy our brains

Six habits that destroy our brains

What is family happiness today?

What is family happiness today?

Ten steps on how to give up forbidden relationships

Ten steps on how to give up forbidden relationships

Lisbon’s Muslim traces

Lisbon’s Muslim traces

The path to medicine in the Ottoman Empire

Medical education in the Ottoman Empire had its own unique structure, influenced by both Islamic and classical traditions. The system of medical...

The history of fasting

The month of Ramadan is almost here. How long have we have waited for it and how we have missed its blissful days and nights! The holiday reaches us...

The story of the rescue of the Prophet’s ﷺ body

The history of Islam has seen many instances where Muslims encountered saboteurs and spies. They carried out a wide variety of actions but they all...

What is tawassul?

Tawassul and wasilah literally mean indirect supplication or indirect prayer. It is permissible to ask Allah Almighty to accept a supplication (dua)...

Four mistakes young mothers make

  To feed to a schedule or on demand? To swaddle or not? To use a pacifier or do without one?   A woman expecting a baby faces dozens of...

QHI, not romance, will save your marriage

The internet is buzzing with discussion about a new secret to a happy family life. Bloggers are making videos about it, garnering millions of views,...

What birds can teach us?

A bird represents free flight, lightness and fragility combined with incredible strength and courage, true trust and confidence in the will of the...

2026-05-01 (Dhul-Qaida 1447) №5.


Slave, Equal, Guardian: Who is She?

Why is it the man who is the breadwinner?   As for the responsibility of providing for the family (wife and children) this responsibility falls precisely on the man, whether husband or father, because he is the primary breadwinner. This rule will remain in effect until the Day of Judgment and it...


Water Wheels of Syria

I have a 1978 Syrian Republic banknote in my collection, worth one Syrian pound, depicting two enormous water wheels. They are located near the city of Hama in central Syria and to this day, anyone can see the operation of this amazing ancient structure – enormous twin wooden wheels located on the...


Ali ibn al-Husayn ibn Ali (Zayn al-‘Abidin)

“I have never seen a Quraysh better than Ali ibn al-Husayn.” (az-Zuhri).   In a special year, the final page in the history of the Persian kings was turned. Yazdegerd, the last Persian king, died homeless and persecuted. His generals, guards and members of his family were...


The First of the Sacred Months

Dhul-Qaida is one of the four sacred months in Islam. It is the second month after Shawwal when pilgrims can perform the rites of Hajj. The Almighty Lord said in the Koran (interpretation of the meaning): “Hajj is performed in the known months (Shawwal, Dhul-Qaida and the first ten days of...


The Aghlabid Dynasty

In 184 AH (Muslim calendar), Caliph Harun al-Rashid sent a new governor to the province of Ifriqiya (Africa). This vast province, which regularly disrupted the supply of goods and food to the capital of the Arab Caliphate, troubled the Caliph and required constant, heightened attention. A...